Brush



April 5, 1932. E. POWELL ET Al. 1,852189 l BRUSH v.Filed OCT.. 13, 1950 muy-1l inv-lli,- mil-l mm,

2;* "'i 7 umm, y v 1 5 INVENTOR ATTORM@i Patented pr. 5, 1932 PAT-ENT' OFFICE EDWARD` POWELL, or PORTLAND, AND MILToNn. WILSON, or MARSHFIELD, OREGON Y I BRUSH Application filed October 13, 1930. Serial No. 488,392.

Our invention relates to brushes and more particularly to brushes where liquid soap,

' medicated fluids, polishes and other materials 'are to Vbe carried within,the brush structure and are to be released therefrom, periodically, or as desired by the user ofthe brush. A fountain being maintained within the body portion of the brush in which the fluids to be dispensed are normally carried. A plurality of eXuding ports are disposed within the bristle' carrying base with a slide valve disposed thereabove and which is normally vmaintained closed by spring action. A removable cap and plug, is disposed within the l5 top of the brush, for lilling and for other purposes. The bristle carrying portion of 'the brush disposed within the brush structure has a plurality of bristle carrying holes disposed in spaced relationship therethrough, 'into each of which thimbles may be pressed, into place and position, with the bristles of the brush being placed within the thimbles.

The'brush may be made of any desired shape,

to adapt the same for the purpose intended. v. The object of our invention is to provide a brush structure adapted for carrying fluids within a reservoir disposed therein which may be disposed by the hand manipulation of the valve that normally maintains the dis- A further object of our invention consists in the forming of afountain brush comprised of valved ports and one that may be used over relatively long periods of use with freedom from operating annoyances.

A further objectof our Yinvention consists inso constructing our brush that the desired amount of fluid may be dispensed therefrom at desired times and while the brush, is actually in use. Y

A still further object of our invention consists in so constructing the bristle elements that each bristle may be removed and be replaced with a minimum of effort and with a minimum of delay.

A still further object of our invention consists in so constructing a brush that the same may be used by physicians, artisans and others in the dispensing of desired elements charge ports in closed, liquid tight condition.

therefrom and while the brush isactually in use. l Y A Y f With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists' in certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, the essential elements of which vareset forth inthe appended claim, and a 'preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter i shown fwith references to the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification. v In the drawings:

Fig. l is aperspective, endvview, of the `assembled device.

-assembled device, the same being taken 'on 'l1ne'3-3 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, top, plan view Vpartially in section, of the assembled device. In this view the top and central portion of the body of the brush is shown broken away to show the discharge ports and the valve for maintaining the same in closed position; in this view the discharge ports are shown open.

Fig 5 is a sectional, end view, of the assembled device, the same being taken on line 5-t5dof Fig. 2, looking in the direction indica e Fig. Gis a side elevation, of a portion of the bristle holding structure and illustrating the thimble for holding the bristles in place within the bristle holding recess. Y

Fig. 7 `is a sectional, side view ofthe thimble and illustrating the pin for maintaining the bristles in position within the thimble.

Fig. 8 is a side view illustrating the brush assembly having a closure plate 4, or cover, removably secured thereto' to protect the bristles when not in use and to adapt the same` for being carried in the pocket, or bag, or

otherwise.

` Like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views. f Y

We preferably form our device of a body element l, having aV uniformlycurved top surface and having downwardly extending side walls 2 and end walls 3. A filler cap 4 is removably secured to the top wall. A bristle carrying bottom 5 is adapted for being pressed into place within the downwardly eX- tending wall members and the same being made to a vprecision fit to forma liquid hold-v ing reservoir 6 within the body of the brush structure. formedwithin the base 5 by having sockets 7 downwardlyl extending from fthe base" 5 and spaced apart. A thiinble 8 is placeable within each of the sockets thus formed, the same also being made of precisiondimension in order to hold the liquid within the body ele-` 'nient and to fform a liquid tight joint between the thimbles and the recess walls. The bristlesto be placed withiny the thimble are placed therein as shown in Fig. .7 wherein the loop `thatis formed of the bristle and a pin 10 that ijs-supported Ywithin the thimble walls is passed between the bristles to thereby main- Y rtain the bristle assembly lockably disposed vwithin the thimblestructure. A plurality o:f.discharge ports 11 are disposed within and through the base 5, and a valve 12 is slidably disposed upon the inner surface ofthe base f5. Y rlhe` val-ve is maintained in a tight working relationship with the inner surface of 'the base 5 by any suitable reacting element, :as through the use of a spring`18one end of `the spring13:restsfdirectly upon the upper surface of the valve and the oppositely dis- Y `posed end ofithespring is' secured to one of l.body element 1.

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relement,l as a coilY spring 17., normally mainvtainsthe valve closed and thehead 16 Adistended, to thereby not Onlyinaintain the valve positioned abovethe discharge ports, but to maintain'the head 16 distended and therefore adapted for lmanual manipulation.

A shoe'is formed central of, and longitu- Vdinal of the valve 12 and .thatend of the reacting element 13 that engages thereupon is Thimble holding recesses areA head 16 to facilitate the hanging up of the brush when not in use. y

When it is desired to dispense fluids from the reservoir 6, the valve is open for a vsuiiicient amount of time to permit the fluid to flow throughthe discharge ports 11, but when a Vsuflicient amount of fluid has heen-dispensed the-stem is released and the reacting element 17 maintains the valve closed relative to the ports 1l. 'i

In Fig. f8-we have shown a closure that V-i's adapted for engaging the downward extending walls of the body element and for attach- .ing-itself thereto. VThe purpose and object of the cover, is'to'prote'ct the bristles of the lbrush when the ysame -is-,being :carried in the pocket or bag or otherwise of .the user.

illustrated in .fthe drawingsvfW-e have illu-strated the body ofthe brush structure, vas hav- 85 e ing parallel side and end walls, but we `do not wish to be limitedto a structure of any vparticular shape, as the sameimay Ybe made Vcircular in horizontalcross sectionalarea, or

othervsha-pe, to meetthe-trade require- '0 of any n A ments and the device' may be made with equal In our new and improvedconstr-uction,.as

facility as that kof thexjconstruction herein i shown and illustrated.

While the formofinecha-nism herein shown and described isadmir'ably-adapted to fulfill the-objects primarily stated, it isito be under.- Y

stood that it is not intended Ato confine .theinvention to the one form of embodiment herein. shown and described, as it `is susceptible of embodiment in variousl forms, ally coming ,100

within the scope of thevclaim which-follows.

What we claimis:

A fountain brush comprising .a hollowbody element forming a reservoir 'and'havinga ,plurality of outlet ports disposed through its" bottom, a valve slidably disposed'withinft'he reservoir, Aa stem extendingoutwardly from f the valve, and through one foffthe' sidei Walls of the reservoir, a coil spring attached to `one side wall of the reservoir :and .to .the valve adapted Vto` normally A.maintain the valve' over the outlet ports, a laterally-extending spring secured to anotherside of .thereservoirand frictionally engagingthe upper surfacegof the valve adapted tomaint'ainnthey valve in -f tight working relation withthe reservoirbottom, and a plurality ofbristle'sVsecuretl'tothe underside of the reservoir bottom.Vv 'i A VliliDllVA'lfltD POWELL",

" MILTON k made to Va shape and configuration to engagey thereupon to thereby maintainthe-valve in position andalignment. A fastening chain 19 is-secured to the under sideyof theclosure 4 and to a boss 2O disposed within the body closure 4 liXedly positioned relative to the :body element 1 and zpreventlossjor displacement. A -rrin,c g:2.1.is disposed relative yto y.the

Thepobject being to maintain the 

